65 lines
2.7 KiB
Markdown
65 lines
2.7 KiB
Markdown
---
|
|
stage: Enablement
|
|
group: Distribution
|
|
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
# Steps after installing GitLab **(FREE SELF)**
|
|
|
|
Here are a few resources you might want to check out after completing the
|
|
installation.
|
|
|
|
## Email and notifications
|
|
|
|
- [SMTP](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/smtp.html): Configure SMTP
|
|
for proper email notifications support.
|
|
|
|
## CI/CD
|
|
|
|
- [Set up runners](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/): Set up one or more GitLab
|
|
Runners, the agents that are responsible for all of the GitLab CI/CD features.
|
|
- [GitLab Pages](../administration/pages/index.md): Configure GitLab Pages to
|
|
allow hosting of static sites.
|
|
- [GitLab Registry](../administration/packages/container_registry.md): With the
|
|
GitLab Container Registry, every project can have its own space to store Docker
|
|
images.
|
|
|
|
## Security
|
|
|
|
- [Secure GitLab](../security/index.md#securing-your-gitlab-installation):
|
|
Recommended practices to secure your GitLab instance.
|
|
- Sign up for the GitLab [Security Newsletter](https://about.gitlab.com/company/preference-center/) to get notified for security updates upon release.
|
|
|
|
## Authentication
|
|
|
|
- [LDAP](../administration/auth/ldap/index.md): Configure LDAP to be used as
|
|
an authentication mechanism for GitLab.
|
|
- [SAML and OAuth](../integration/omniauth.md): Authenticate via online services like Okta, Google, Azure AD, and more.
|
|
|
|
## Backup and upgrade
|
|
|
|
- [Back up and restore GitLab](../raketasks/backup_restore.md): Learn the different
|
|
ways you can back up or restore GitLab.
|
|
- [Upgrade GitLab](../update/index.md): Every 22nd of the month, a new feature-rich GitLab version
|
|
is released. Learn how to upgrade to it, or to an interim release that contains a security fix.
|
|
- [Release and maintenance policy](../policy/maintenance.md): Learn about GitLab
|
|
policies governing version naming, as well as release pace for major, minor, patch,
|
|
and security releases.
|
|
|
|
## License
|
|
|
|
- [Upload a license](../user/admin_area/license.md) or [start a free trial](https://about.gitlab.com/free-trial/):
|
|
Activate all GitLab Enterprise Edition functionality with a license.
|
|
- [Pricing](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/): Pricing for the different tiers.
|
|
|
|
## Cross-repository Code Search
|
|
|
|
- [Advanced Search](../integration/elasticsearch.md): Leverage Elasticsearch for
|
|
faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance.
|
|
|
|
## Scaling and replication
|
|
|
|
- [Scaling GitLab](../administration/reference_architectures/index.md):
|
|
GitLab supports several different types of clustering.
|
|
- [Geo replication](../administration/geo/index.md):
|
|
Geo is the solution for widely distributed development teams.
|